At least, it didn’t sink – even though all 203 passengers and more than 150 crew were told to abandon ship.
No lifeboats were involved, but life savings were thrown overboard and have now sunk without trace, the dream of living permanently on the high seas evaporated in dramatic fashion.
The 509-cabin Villa Vie Odyssey, owned by Florida-based Villa Vie Residences, is stranded in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, because the company, ‘under unsustainable financial pressure’, can’t afford to buy any more fuel.
It was meant to be a never-ending cruise, circumnavigating the globe in three-year cycles, for which you could buy a cabin for anything
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